The Palm Springs home of Suzanne Somers will go on the auction block Jan 31, 2018. The 70-acre estate is listed at $14.5M and resembles a French village complete with a funicular tram to transport people up the hillside.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Suzanne Somers and her husband Alan Hamel will auction off their Palm Springs hillside home on Wednesday. The sale will be held by Concierge Auctions, which sells some of the more luxurious and elite properties across the globe.

The home, originally listed at $27.5 million about eight years ago, is now on the market for $14.5 million, but it is being auctioned “without reserve,” which means there is no minimum price and will sell to the highest bidder.

“Alan and I have lived in this magical estate for over 40 years,” said Somers in a prepared statement Monday via her publicist.

The actress, author and entertainer, who gained fame as Chrissy Snow in the 1970s sitcom Three's Company, published her latest memoir Two’s Company: A Fifty-Year Romance With Lessons Learned In Love, Life & Business, in November.

Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel arrive at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, January 2, 2017.(Photo: Zoe Meyers/The Desert Sun)

The 70-acre property carved into the Palm Springs hillside at the base of San Jacinto mountains is located near her friend Barry Manilow's home in The Mesa neighborhood and is considered one of the largest estates in the city.

Somers describes the homestead as “very special.” It's located in a hidden valley, resembles a small French village with various villas or suites and is built on five levels accessible via funicular tram, golf cart, or hiking.

Home features include:

• 8 bedrooms, 9 full baths and two half-baths

• An outdoor amphitheater

• A pool with spa and numerous swimming holes beneath waterfalls

• Indoor formal dining room that seats 32

• 5,000-bottle wine cellar

• Master suite with an outdoor shower and a his closet that doubles as a safe room

• Outdoor living room, dining room, veranda, fireplaces and fire pits

• Central music system, surveillance system

• Spectacular view of the city down below

When Somers purchased the home 40 years ago, there were only two structures on the property — one of them was the rock house designed by Albert Frey in the 1950s, said Scott Lyle, the listing agent with Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Palm Springs. It has a wall of glass, a fireplace, Balinese garden doors, clawfoot tub, rock shower and meditation garden.

The home's living room is also one of the oldest structures in the city of Palm Springs said Lyle. When it was built about 100 years ago workers had to use mules to carry the materials up the hill, he added.

The Palm Springs hillside home of Suzanne Somers.(Photo: Courtesy)

Somers and Hamel are only the third owners of the property. The original owners had the home for about 20 years and the second owners for about 40 years. When Somers and Hamel decided to expand, they had Frey return to help, said Lyle.

The home is organic with no grass, just natural hillside. When the verbena blooms, the landscape turns purple.

Because the home has been on and off the market for years, the couple decided to partner with Concierge Auctions, Lyle said.

“It’s not a traditional property you would sell here. We just hadn’t found the right person. We didn’t think we’d find the right person locally,” he said.

The Palm Springs hillside home of Suzanne Somers.(Photo: Courtesy)

The auction will be conducted online and can be viewed by anyone who registers with the website. Interested bidders pay a $100,000 registration fee to participate, said Cindy Jones, director of business development with Concierge Auctions.

On average there are between four and nine bidders, but there have been upwards of 20 bidders for some of their properties, she said. Each auction also takes on average 30 minutes to an hour, she added.

If it sells though, Somers won’t go far.

“Alan and I have been developing 20 acres nearby for three years and will build our new home there. After 40 years, we are ready for a new exciting lifestyle,” said Somers.